Friday Night at Deep 13

Seems we've managed to get ourselves more or less settled at the new apartment, christened Deep 13 for some unknowable reason. At any rate, it needs a little artwork here and there, so I'm going to try and get cracking on that. I hate blank walls, reminds me of a mental hospital.
At any rate, I'm sure my artistic abilities (limited at any rate) are a little rusty, but I'll see what I can do. Last night was the usual Friday, hanging out with not much going on, so we watched some movies- seems like it was comic-book-to-film night, as first up was Kick Ass, based on the comic book. (Sounds kind of like my life, based on the comic book). It was a little on the violent and warped side, but very good. The title character is one dorky high schooler who decides to throw on a costume and go fight crime, resulting in a couple major beatings. Evidently there's more to being a superhero than putting on a costume. He meets up with a father-daughter duo of asassins who do the same thing, only better. It was a pretty good movie, all things considered. There are, as we probably all know, a good many real-life costumed vigilantes, but nowhere near the sheer firepower of these two. At any rate, it's worth a look, as the movie doesn't sugar-coat what could happen should you choose to throw on a costume and go forth and whoop ass. Or jump off a building, but you'll have to watch the movie for that.
Next up was Jonah Hex, named after the comic series of the same name. Hex is expertly played by Josh Brolin, and having read one or two of the comics, I'd say if Hex were a real person, that's what he'd sound, act and look like. Taking place shortly after the Civil War, it tells the story of a former Confederate soldier turned bounty hunter by the name of Jonah Hex, whose scarred left cheek is a result first of a run-in with his archenemy and later an attempt to remove said archenemy's initials from his face- he was branded with them, then used another makeshift brand to remove them. The sources of Hex's 'unnatural' powers are never fully explained, though he posesses a mediumship of sorts, with the ability to bring back the dead briefly as long as he maintains physical contact with them, and uses this ability to extract information from them. Crow Indians brought Hex back from the dead, or the edge of death, and with this a knowledge of the afterlife, and a following of crows, also never abundantly explained. A kind of film-noir western, it's worth a look, full of cool gunfights, blood and gore and bizarre weaponry.
Speaking of comic books, there's a new contender in the paper and ink market, Axe Cop. It's a bizarre little number about one axe-wielding police(?)man and his fire-breathing Tyrannosaurus steed, as well as a wild and varied cast of sidekicks, villains and general oddities. The storylines for Axe Cop come from the creatively weird imagination of the artist's five-year old brother, yet oddly enough hangs together quite well! Those of us with kids will wonder, why didn't we think of that first? Axe Cop charges around with an axe, his weapon of choice, (I guess the dinosaur's machine-gun arms are considered secondary weaponry) and disposes of various and sundry monsters. You can read most of the episodes online at www.axecop.com, and read the thrilling story of how Axe Cop came to be. Not bad for a five-year old! It's actually a pretty coherent narrative, and worth a few laughs. So at any rate, enjoy the surreal life around us, as sometimes the real world is stranger than fiction.